With a Massey BA (Sociology), you will get an understanding of some of the biggest issues facing the world today. Massey is ranked in the world’s top 200 universities for sociology by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking. Sociology is about understanding and describing our local society and its global setting. Sociologists are interested in almost all aspects of the social world and on your BA (Sociology) you will consider questions such as: How is society structured? How is society changing? What divides or unites social groups? What causes the inequalities we see in society? How does power operate? With a Massey BA (Sociology) you will ask challenging questions about how things really are in the social world. Culture, ethnicity, class, inequality, gender, mass media, politics, environment, social change and individual and group interactions are important areas that you will study. This is a broad subject that will teach to you think critically about the world and investigate social issues.

Research and policy analysis for central/local government and non-governmental organisations Teaching Journalism Community and social services work Political advocacy Running a business Planning and consultancy Advertising and marketing TV/film production.